A New Hiking Partner

A new hiking partner has joined me today.  My daughter Christina arrived last night to spend some time getting her father in shape on the trail.  Trying to keep up with a fit 19 year old has made me pick up my pace on the trail.  On her first day here she had the experience of meeting, from a safe distance of course, one of the local residence.  I was going to show her where some of the mountain goats hang out but we postponed that trail due to temperatures being at the top of the mountain 38 degrees with winds 25-35 mph.  It was 48 degrees on the lower part where we were hiking.  Refreshing.